I like talking to children, the stranger said
No one else ever asks me what's my third favorite reptile

I tell this story to my son; he says I'm lame
But then I watch him play:  I sit and smile awhile.

If we all had as many real loves
To behold
If we all had as many real likes
To behold
If we all had as many real friends
To behold
As social media posts have
Real happiness would overflow

In the red vortex
Black lines
Move around the sky
They're everchanging
It's because...
Those are people
In this world

Remember whose bones
built your floorboards
before you lay a house
on their backs.